Periodismo de filtración: el caso PRISM

Este trabajo final de máster se centra en describir la realidad que afecta al periodismo de filtración. Además se analiza detalladamente el caso Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management (PRISM). Se ha averiguado qué han hecho los medios con ésta información, identificado cada elemento clave de esta trama, descrito la situación mediática actual y se han expuesto las repercusiones que ha tenido esta noticia a nivel internacional y a nivel personal. Se analizan además las noticias, artículos o ensayos que se han escrito sobre el tema para averiguar qué se ha conseguido con éste filtraje y finalmente, se han observado las consecuencias de tal acto.

Programa Educatiu per a persones en dol: Aplicació a l’Atenció Primària

El dol és un conjunt de processos psicològics i psicosocials que són resultat de la pèrdua d’un ésser al qual la persona estava vinculada afectivament. Aquest treball presenta un programa d’educació per a la salut per ajudar a superar el procés del dol en l’atenció primària. L’objectiu del programa és proporcionar, a les persones que han patit una pèrdua, els instruments necessaris per a elaborar un bon procés de dol. Proposo un programa d’educació sanitària grupal de 8 sessions. Hi ha marcats uns objectius educatius i de salut, juntament amb uns criteris de resultat. L’avaluació es realitza a través d’un qüestionari i una entrevista individual i una altra grupal, per valorar si s’han aconseguit els objectius proposats. Paraules clau: dol, acompanyament a persones en dol, programa sanitari, atenció primària, suport emocional, teràpia, tècniques de comunicació, grups de suport al dol

Generic utilities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients stratified according to different staging systems.

Background To determine generic utilities for Spanish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients stratified by different classifications: GOLD 2007, GOLD 2013, GesEPOC 2012 and BODEx index. Methods Multicentre, observational, cross-sectional study. Patients were aged ≥40 years, with spirometrically confirmed COPD. Utility values were derived from EQ-5D-3 L. Means, standard deviations (SD), medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) were computed based on the different classifications. Differences in median utilities between groups were assessed by non-parametric tests. Results 346 patients were included, of which 85.5% were male with a mean age of 67.9 (SD = 9.7) years and a mean duration of COPD of 7.6 (SD = 5.8) years; 80.3% were ex-smokers and the mean smoking history was 54.2 (SD = 33.2) pack-years. Median utilities (IQR) by GOLD 2007 were 0.87 (0.22) for moderate; 0.80 (0.26) for severe and 0.67 (0.42) for very-severe patients (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). Median utilities by GOLD 2013 were group A: 1.0 (0.09); group B: 0.87 (0.13); group C: 1.0 (0.16); group D: 0.74 (0.29); comparisons were statistically significant (p < 0.001) except A vs C. Median utilities by GesEPOC phenotypes were 0.84 (0.33) for non exacerbator; 0.80 (0.26) for COPD-asthma overlap; 0.71 (0.62) for exacerbator with emphysema; 0.72 (0.57) for exacerbator with chronic bronchitis (p < 0.001). Comparisons between patients with or without exacerbations and between patients with COPD-asthma overlap and exacerbator with chronic bronchitis were statistically-significant (p < 0.001). Median utilities by BODEx index were: group 02: 0.89 (0.20); group 34: 0.80 (0.27); group 56: 0.67 (0.29); group 79: 0.41 (0.31). All comparisons were significant (p < 0.001) except between groups 34 and 56. Conclusion Irrespective of the classification used utilities were associated to disease severity. Some clinical phenotypes were associated with worse utilities, probably related to a higher frequency of exacerbations. GOLD 2007 guidelines and BODEx index better discriminated patients with a worse health status than GOLD 2013 guidelines, while GOLD 2013 guidelines were better able to identify a smaller group of patients with the best health.

Creativitat i ciència.

El segle XX ha estat un segle de contrastos durant el qual s¿ha produït la més gran contribució del coneixement científic a la solució de problemes de tota la història de la humanitat. Seguint en aquesta línia, la cultura científico-tècnica serà clau al segle XXI, per la qual cosa la capacitat intel·lectual, la imaginació, la invenció i la innovació esdevindran, cada cop més, els eixos motors de la competitivitat dels països. La riquesa de les nacions es basarà en la riquesa de les nocions. La salut intel·lectual i la prosperitat de la nostra nació, i amb ella, el que és més important, el benestar dels seus habitants, dependran de què sapiguem impregnar tots els sectors socials de la cultura de la innovació. I la innovació s'ha d'assolir des del foment sòlid de la creativitat

Ownership, Incentives and Hospitals

This article analyzes hospital privatization by comparing costs and quality between different ownership forms. We put the attention on the distinction between public hospitals and private hospitals with public funding. Using information about Spanish hospitals, we have found that private hospitals provide services at a lower cost at expenses of lower quality. We observe that property rights theory is fulfilled at least for the Spanish hospital market. The way that Heath Authorities finance publicly funded hospitals may be responsible for the differences in incentives between public and private centers. We argue that the trade-off between costs and quality could be minimized by designing financing contracts with fixed and variable components.

Verifique sus conocimientos sobre radioprotección

La protección radiológica en radiodiagnóstico merece una atención específica que abordaremos en esta entrega que forma parte de una serie sobre pruebas complementarias que se inició en el Nursing2007 de abril. La utilización de técnicas basadas en el uso de radiación ionizante es muy habitual en nuestro entorno laboral. En estas técnicas intervienen cada vez más profesionales de enfermería, tanto desde un punto de vista de la realización, como de supervisión y de apoyo del médico en su realización. Nuestro objetivo es familiarizar a los/as profesionales de enfermería con la protección radiológica y con el conocimiento de las herramientas y mecanismos de que disponemos, o deberíamos disponer, en nuestros centros asistenciales para aplicarlos desde el punto de vista de protección de la salud. Es importante aclarar que hay disciplinas médicas, diagnósticas o terapéuticas, que utilizan otras radiaciones ionizantes (alfa, beta y gamma), diferentes a las radiaciones X empleadas en radiodiagnóstico. En tal caso, aunque la base sea común, pueden estar sujetas a otras medidas de prevención. Finalmente creemos que de esta manera combatiremos posibles temores y prejuicios en torno a los rayos X; tendremos claras las principales precauciones que podemos tomar y cómo las gestionamos en el desempeño de nuestras funciones diarias como enfermeros/as desde un punto de vista de riesgo laboral.

Verifique sus conocimientos sobre radioprotección

La protección radiológica en radiodiagnóstico merece una atención específica que abordaremos en esta entrega que forma parte de una serie sobre pruebas complementarias que se inició en el Nursing2007 de abril. La utilización de técnicas basadas en el uso de radiación ionizante es muy habitual en nuestro entorno laboral. En estas técnicas intervienen cada vez más profesionales de enfermería, tanto desde un punto de vista de la realización, como de supervisión y de apoyo del médico en su realización. Nuestro objetivo es familiarizar a los/as profesionales de enfermería con la protección radiológica y con el conocimiento de las herramientas y mecanismos de que disponemos, o deberíamos disponer, en nuestros centros asistenciales para aplicarlos desde el punto de vista de protección de la salud. Es importante aclarar que hay disciplinas médicas, diagnósticas o terapéuticas, que utilizan otras radiaciones ionizantes (alfa, beta y gamma), diferentes a las radiaciones X empleadas en radiodiagnóstico. En tal caso, aunque la base sea común, pueden estar sujetas a otras medidas de prevención. Finalmente creemos que de esta manera combatiremos posibles temores y prejuicios en torno a los rayos X; tendremos claras las principales precauciones que podemos tomar y cómo las gestionamos en el desempeño de nuestras funciones diarias como enfermeros/as desde un punto de vista de riesgo laboral.

The use of cost per life year gained as a measurement of cost-effectiveness in Spain: a systematic review of recent publications

The objective of this study was to evaluate the methodological characteristics of cost-effectiveness evaluations carried out in Spain, since 1990, which include LYG as an outcome to measure the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. METHODS: A systematic review of published studies was conducted describing their characteristics and methodological quality. We analyse the cost per LYG results in relation with a commonly accepted Spanish cost-effectiveness threshold and the possible relation with the cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained when they both were calculated for the same economic evaluation. RESULTS: A total of 62 economic evaluations fulfilled the selection criteria, 24 of them including the cost per QALY gained result as well. The methodological quality of the studies was good (55%) or very good (26%). A total of 124 cost per LYG results were obtained with a mean ratio of 49,529 and a median of 11,490 (standard deviation of 183,080). Since 2003, a commonly accepted Spanish threshold has been referenced by 66% of studies. A significant correlation was found between the cost per LYG and cost per QALY gained results (0.89 Spearman-Rho, 0.91 Pearson). CONCLUSIONS: There is an increasing interest for economic health care evaluations in Spain, and the quality of the studies is also improving. Although a commonly accepted threshold exists, further information is needed for decision-making as well as to identify the relationship between the costs per LYG and per QALY gained.

Development of a population-based cost-effectiveness model of chronic graft versus host disease in Spain

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is the leading cause of late nonrelapse mortality (transplant-related mortality) after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Given that there are a wide range of treatment options for cGvHD, assessment of the associated costs and efficacy can help clinicians and health care providers allocate health care resources more efficiently. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) compared with rituximab (Rmb) and with imatinib (Imt) in patients with cGvHD at 5 years from the perspective of the Spanish National Health System. METHODS: The model assessed the incremental cost-effectiveness/utility ratio of ECP versus Rmb or Imt for 1000 hypothetical patients by using microsimulation cost-effectiveness techniques. Model probabilities were obtained from the literature. Treatment pathways and adverse events were evaluated taking clinical opinion and published reports into consideration. Local data on costs (2010 Euros) and health care resources utilization were validated by the clinical authors. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses were used to assess the robustness of the model. RESULTS: The greater efficacy of ECP resulted in a gain of 0.011 to 0.024 quality-adjusted life-year in the first year and 0.062 to 0.094 at year 5 compared with Rmb or Imt. The results showed that the higher acquisition cost of ECP versus Imt was compensated for at 9 months by greater efficacy; this higher cost was partially compensated for ( 517) by year 5 versus Rmb. After 9 months, ECP was dominant (cheaper and more effective) compared with Imt. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of ECP versus Rmb was 29,646 per life-year gained and 24,442 per quality-adjusted life-year gained at year 2.5. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis confirmed the results. The main study limitation was that to assess relative treatment effects, only small studies were available for indirect comparison. CONCLUSION: ECP as a third-line therapy for cGvHD is a more cost-effective strategy than Rmb or Imt.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with NYHA I and NYHA II heart failure in Spain

Objectives: The aim of the study was to combine clinical results from the European Cohort of the REVERSE study and costs associated with the addition of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) to optimal medical therapy (OMT) in patients with mild symptomatic (NYHA I-II) or asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and markers of cardiac dyssynchrony in Spain. Methods: A Markov model was developed with CRT + OMT (CRT-ON) versus OMT only (CRT-OFF) based on a retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis. Raw data was derived from literature and expert opinion, reflecting clinical and economic consequences of patient"s management in Spain. Time horizon was 10 years. Both costs (euro 2010) and effects were discounted at 3 percent per annum. Results: CRT-ON showed higher total costs than CRT-OFF; however, CRT reduced the length of hospitalization in ICU by 94 percent (0.006 versus 0.091 days) and general ward in by 34 percent (0.705 versus 1.076 days). Surviving CRT-ON patients (88.2 percent versus 77.5 percent) remained in better functional class longer, and they achieved an improvement of 0.9 life years (LYGs) and 0.77 years quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). CRT-ON proved to be cost-effective after 6 years, except for the 7th year due to battery depletion. At 10 years, the results were 18,431 per LYG and 21,500 per QALY gained. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed CRT-ON was cost-effective in 75.4 percent of the cases at 10 years. Conclusions: The use of CRT added to OMT represents an efficient use of resources in patients suffering from heart failure in NYHA functional classes I and II.

Resurrecting Disney: Tracing Walt Disney‘s ever-present spirit in feature animated films of the Michael Eisner era (1984-2004)

El treball Ressuscitant a Disney: Rastrejant el sempre present esperit de Walt Disney en els llargmetratges animats de l'era Michael Eisner (1984-2004) pretén definir i analitzar les característiques, tant respecte al procés creatiu com en la definició de contingut, integrades en els clàssics originals de Disney per, a continuació, demostrar que aquestes van ser recuperades i implementades de nou després de la mort de Walt Disney -amb lleus adaptacions- per donar lloc a una segona edat d'or de l'animació

El discurso político populista. El caso de Hugo Chávez en el programa televisivo "Aló Presidente"

Aquest treball aprofundeix sobre les diferents concepcions del terme populisme i les característiques d'Hugo Chávez com a líder polític per analitzar cinc episodis consecutius del programa televisiu ‘Aló Presidente’ i després d'aplicar la metodologia de Teun A. van Dijk sobre el discurs ideològic, demostrar com el comandant usava els ressorts populistes per defensar les polítiques dutes a terme pel govern bolivarià.

Los pseudoacontecimientos y sus presencia en los medios catalanes

Aquest Treball Final de Carrera es centra en la comparació dels resultats obtinguts pel Doctor David Andreu a la seva tesi doctoral “ La publicity, els pseudoesdeveniments i la seva presència a la premsa a Catalunya” de 2010 als del 2013. Especialment, pretén comparar l’evolució del principals mitjans escrits catalans en quant a la presència de publicity. El treball està compost per una introducció i dos parts; una teòrica en la que s’analitzen els elements principals de la publicity i, en concret, dels pseudoesdeveniments; i una part pràctica enfocada en la comparació de les dades del Doctor amb les dades obtingudes al 2013. A partir de l’anàlisi plantejat, s’extrauran una sèrie de conclusions sobre com els mitjans es veuen afectats pels pseudoesdeveniments, on i perquè.

Las narrativas transmedia como constructoras del mensaje publicitario entre marca y consumidor. Estudio de Caso: Red Bull “Can you Make it?”

En les últimes dues dècades el món publicitari ha experimentat una gran evolució a causa de l’aparició dels nous models digitals i l’entorn 2.0. En aquest projecte es recull un anàlisi sobre els orígens de la transmedialitat, les seves característiques i múltiples funcions. A més a més, aprofundirem en el rellevant paper del consumidor en aquests nous formats, en ser un element fonamental que ajuda a tancar el cercle comunicatiu. En concret, s’estudiarà el repte Can You Make It? de la marca Red Bull en ser un cas amb una gran varietat d’elements publicitaris a analitzar.

Population-based incidence of myeloid malignancies: fifteen years of epidemiological data in the province of Girona, Spain

Myeloid malignancies (MMs) are a heterogeneous group of hematologic malignancies presenting different incidence, prognosis and survival.1–3 Changing classifications (FAB 1994, WHO 2001 and WHO 2008) and few available epidemiological data complicate incidence comparisons.4,5 Taking this into account, the aims of the present study were: a) to calculate the incidence rates and trends of MMs in the Province of Girona, northeastern Spain, between 1994 and 2008 according to the WHO 2001 classification; and b) to predict the number of MMs cases in Spain during 2013. Data were extracted from the population-based Girona Cancer Registry (GCR) located in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain, and covering a population of 731,864 inhabitants (2008 census). Cases were registered according to the rules of the European Network for Cancer Registries and the Manual for Coding and Reporting Haematological Malignancies (HAEMACARE project). To ensure the complete coverage of MMs in the GCR, and especially myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a retrospective search was performed. The ICD-O-2 (1990) codes were converted into their corresponding ICD-O-3 (2000) codes, including MDS, polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) as malignant diseases. Results of crude rate (CR) and European standardized incidence rate (ASRE) were expressed per 100,000 inhabitants/year